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Being a hardcore constitutionalist, conservative, agnostic AND supporter of gay-marriage is not always easy. I usually take a lot of heat from both sides, and I'm used to that. With the Chick-Fil-A situation, I see both sides of the issue. I support CFA and I support the idea of gay marriage. What I don't support are the tactics used by the left to bully, intimidate, mock, deride and create false narratives to achieve their goal. I'm angry at the left for creating hatred. I see and hear a lot of it because I have so many gay and liberal friends,...

The sad truth is, and this is indeed depressing, is that Larry Elder has turned more into a party shill than the independent voice of a man who understood this world very clearly and knew what was universally correct and what was universally stupid.

Russia's ratification of the Kyoto ``greenhouse effect'' treaty will bring the agreement into force among those who have ratified, and that will increase pressure on the United States to join in. The next president, whoever he is, should resist this siren's call. U.S. policy should be devoted to trying to produce a new treaty on entirely different lines without loopholes big enough to drive a small asteroid through. The major loophole is what it has always been: failure to impose any requirements on rapidly industrializing countries - or even to include them as members of the endeavor. Their inclusion is...

I'm a hard numbers kind of guy. I follow the state polls every evening after I get home from work, and there's a disturbing trend developing right now: most projections give Kerry a pretty good position in the electoral college. ======================= Here are a few sites of electoral projections: http://www.electoral-vote.com http://www.dalythoughts.com/ecb.htm http://www.electionprojection.com/elections2004.html http://www.federalreview.com/ http://www.spacerad.com/electoral/ http://synapse.princeton.edu/~sam/pollcalc.html http://www.race2004.net/ ==================== There are a handful of states that I'm really concerned about. Bush should NOT be worrying about these states!!! Bush should be waltzing through these and focusing on Ohio and Florida! Nevada: Rasmussen's latest poll gives Bush a 1% lead. What's less-often reported...