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To: roses of sharon

Is that the gallow in Fort Smith?


32 posted on 10/14/2009 2:04:26 AM PDT by DH (The government writes no bill that does not line the pockets of special interests.)
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To: DH


Yep, Fort Smith. Gallows are a deterrent and symbol of the power of high justice (the French word for gallows, potence, stems from the Latin word potentia, meaning "power").
52 posted on 10/14/2009 8:25:51 AM PDT by roses of sharon (THE ONION FOLDS in light of the Obama Peace Prize... "We officially cannot top that.")
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