[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

My preference is the Jefferson methodology. He was the first Dem President after all (in theory, I know he called his party the Republican Party).

[TornadoAlley3]

Often, though, the pirates are friendly and helpful, though they detest use of the p-word. “We never kill people. We are Muslims. We are marines, coastguards — not pirates,” one said.

Hostages say the pirates are normally as friendly as they can be under the circumstances. While they threaten to shoot or beat them if they do not cooperate, they also roast goat for their captives and pass phones around for calls home.

excerpt from Reuters